Category: Comment

British firms cannot avoid the Wolves of Law Street
An American culture is coming for the politer British model, warns our anonymous City insider

‘An open letter to my fellow lawyers — it’s time to be completely honest about mental health’
Lack of support coupled with poor work-life balance is creating a "perfect storm", warns doctor turned trainee solicitor Gavriel Sapir

Are we barking up the wrong tree about animal rights?
Legal Cheek's Will Holmes explains how animal rights are being misunderstood

Should ex-magic circle man Raab become caretaker PM?
Question mark over whether Boris will stay until Autumn

Why the ECHR should go medieval
Will Holmes explains how revisiting medieval debates on natural law could improve the application of modern human rights

Has a robot really just hired a lawyer?
Chatbot seeks legal rep after becoming sentient, claims AI engineer

How TikTok is helping lawyers land new clients
The app isn't just face filters and viral dance trends, explains magic circle associate turned tech founder Richard Mabey

Russia-Ukraine war: UK immigration lawyers rally to support refugees
Away from national headlines, a corner of the legal profession is doing extraordinary things not in lucrative defence of oligarchs, but in unpaid support for those fleeing

Will City law firms join the Metaverse?
Where clients go, their lawyers will surely follow...

Graduate recruiters should provide ‘tick box’ feedback
Prioritise clarity over uncertainty when rejecting training contract applicants

Why lawyers must lead the way on diversity
It's time the conversation moved beyond chargeable hours, profit margins and marketing, writes solicitor Baljinder Singh Atwal

Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles
A new wave of TC alternatives is sweeping the City

‘Here’s to the return of in-person legal events’
Face-to-face gatherings are slowly returning — and this can only be a good thing, writes Legal Cheek’s features editor Aishah Hussain

‘I completed my training contract remotely while pregnant’
Skylar McKeith reflects on an ‘eventful’ past year and a half

‘The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous’
BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI

Tax through time: How to get the rich to pay their way
Will the government learn from the lessons of the past? asks future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

Has the Court of Appeal just trapped inventors in 1421?
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes considers the 'historically absurd' definition of inventor following this week's DABUS patent ruling

Museums legal threats to Pornhub are an ‘exhibition of hypocrisy’
The Uffizi and the Louvre are threatening to sue the world's biggest porn site

How a 400-year-old will dispute is keeping crypto shielded from the law
‘Concession’ theory is finding its limitations in the context of blockchain communities, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

Does Lord Digby Jones’ accent criticism merit new legislation?
France may hold the answer, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

What prehistoric skulls show us about sperm and cyborgs
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes examines the conceptions of legal personhood